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Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy
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Description for Jude the Obscure
Paperback. Jude Fawley's ambitions to go to university are thwarted by class prejudice and his entrapment in a loveless marriage. His doomed love affair with his unconventional cousin has tragic consequences. Hardy's last, and most controversial novel, this revised edition has the first truly critical text, a new chronology and bibliography, and substantially revised notes. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
'Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul?' Jude Fawley, poor and working-class, longs to study at the University of Christminster, but he is rebuffed, and trapped in a loveless marriage. He falls in love with his unconventional cousin Sue Bridehead, and their refusal to marry when free to do so confirms their rejection of and by the world around them. The shocking fate that overtakes them is an indictment of a rigid and uncaring society. Hardy's last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure caused outrage when ... Read more
'Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul?' Jude Fawley, poor and working-class, longs to study at the University of Christminster, but he is rebuffed, and trapped in a loveless marriage. He falls in love with his unconventional cousin Sue Bridehead, and their refusal to marry when free to do so confirms their rejection of and by the world around them. The shocking fate that overtakes them is an indictment of a rigid and uncaring society. Hardy's last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure caused outrage when ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199537020
SKU
V9780199537020
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